Legal Opinion
State v. Packingham
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 6, 2015No. 366PA13PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMUNDS, Justice.
The Court of Appeals vacated defendant’s conviction for accessing a social networking Web site as a registered sex offender, finding that the applicable statute, N.C.G.S. § 14-202.5, is unconstitutional both on its face and as applied to defendant. We conclude that the statute is constitutional in all respects. Accordingly, we reverse the holding to the contrary of the Court of Appeals.
In 2008, the General Assembly enacted N.C.G.S. § 14-202.5, which bans the use of commercial social networking Web sites by registered sex offenders. In April 2010, Officer Brian Schnee of the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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